Garage-door latch



Jan, 29, 1929. 1,700,620

' v J. YUNEK GARAGE DooR LATCH -Filed oct. 21"'. 1927 ATTORN EY Patented `Fan. 29, 1929.

Jos'nrn YUNEK, lon BosooBEI., WISCONSIN.

I GARAGE-noon LATCH.

Application led October 21,1927. vSerial No. 227,778.

This invention relates vto latches primarilyv provided with an operating lever to tighten vand release the cross members.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the followingy novel features and details of Vconstruction, to be hereinafter more fullyv described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

VIn the drawing: f

Figure 1 is anelevation of the invention 2' `as applied upon the inner sides of the doors.

. Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the meeting portions of the doors when the invention is applied and in use.y

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view'taken vthrough the invention per se, while in active use. l r

"Figure 4 is a perspective of one of the cross members. o

Figure 5 isa perspective view of a'latch plate. -r im l -Referring to the drawing'in detail'where in like characters of reference denote cor-- responding parts, the reference characters and 11 indicate companion swinging doors adapted to dispose the outermost edges thereof in juxtaposition when shifted to closed positions.

"The invention is primarily designed for use in the latching of double swinging gaj rage doors upon the inside whereas the garage is either built within the basement ofV a hou-se or provided with a separate'entranee.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a cross member 12 and studs 13 and 14 inwardly projected upon the inner face thereof.

' The stud 13 being adapted for reception with- Athe outer surface of the door 11.

in an apertured plate member 15 carried upon The stud 14 being positioned within a recess in the outer surface of the door 10.

As illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing. the cross member 12 is extended `across the adjacent portions of the doors and has passed through an elongatedV opening 16, a bolt mem# ber 17 which is extended horizontally of and through thedoor 10. A'nut 18 carried bythe bolt 17 is adapted to engage the inner side of the door 10 to rigidly hold the'cross meinber 12 in the position shown.

y A substantially elongated cross member 195 provided with a wear plate 2O at an appropriate point inthe length ythereof and upon its inner side is adapted to receive the. bolt member 17 therethrough.' rThey ends of the cross member19 are adapted to engage `the inner surface of vspacing plates 21 carried upon theinner surfaces of both doors -and having beveled extremities 2-2 to guide the ends' of the cross member19 while in useto` koccupythe position shown in Figure 1 of the drawing when rotated in either clockwise or counter-clockwise movements upon the bolt p member 17. y l p U-shaped yoke 23 carried upon the innermost end of the bolty member 417 iinmeL diately behindy a nut 24, is in effect, adapted to function after the vmanner of a socket wrench to tighten `the nut upon the bolt member.

' -A lateh'yoke 25 having pivotalconnection with the'ears ofthe U-shaped yoke 23 is provided with spaced parallel' cam portions.V 26

adapted to engageV the wear plate 2O carried upon the cross member 19 to spring the latter toward the inner surfaces or portions ofthe doors. An opeiatingllever 27 carried by the y i o latch'yoke 25 is adapted to'effect such opera- Y I soy tion andwith the aid of an offset 28 carried upon/,the free end thereof, engageablefwith the inner side` ofthedoor 10,-the cam portions 26 may be heldV at dead center whereby the cross members will be rigidly retained against displacement.

Obviously, the operatingvlever 27 by thel f loo aid of thel offset'portion 28 carried thereby,

may be operated as a crank iny conjunctionwith'the yokes to rotate `the nut 24 upon the bolt member" 17-to tighten or loosen the same in the adjusting' of the latch means.

It is thought that the invention provides an exceedingly useful andl advantageous form of latch for use upon doors of the charpreciated .when installed. Y p

y The particular aperturein the plate mern- `aeter described and which will behighly apv 'no n ber 15 -is shown as being elongated in Figure f 5 of the drawing to facilitate operation of the invent-ion under all conditions, and principally when the' doors have sagged subsequent to the application of the invention.

-The invention is susceptible of various Vchanges in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. A latch device for double swinging doors comprising across member extended across the adjacentportions thereof, spacing plates Carried upon the inner sides of each of the doors, a companion cross member having Y the extremities thereof reposing upon said spacing plates, a bolt member passed through one of the doors and both of the cross members, and means carried by the-bolt memberk adapted to relatively contract the cross members to yieldinglyretain the same against displacement.

2. A latch device for double swinging` doors comprising a cross member provided ,with stud members upon the inner side and adjacent the ends thereof adapted for reception within recesses in the outer portions of each of the doors, spacing plates carriedupon K the inner sides of each ofthe doors, a companion cross memberhaving connection at its ends with the spacing plates, a bolt es tablishing connection between the cross members, a nut threaded upon the innermost end of the bolt member, the yoke member carried by the bolt member adapted for connectionwith the nut rotating the same upon the bolt, and a latch yoke having pivotal con-v side thereof and adapted for reception withl in recesses upon 'the outer surfaces of the doors, spacing plates carried upon the inner ally mounted upon the bolt and having con-V nection at its ends with the spacing plates,

a wear plate carried upon the inner side of the companion cross member, a U-shaped Yyokev slidably mounted upon the bolt and adapted for traveling movement thereon when' threading a nut carried thereby upon said bolt, a latch yoke having pivotal connection with the U-shaped yoke, cam portions proj ectedV from the ends of the latch yoke and adapted to `engage the wear plate at dead center to draw the bolt through the companion cross member, and' an operating lever carried by the latch yoke.

4. A latch device for double swinging doors comprising a cross member having stud members inwardly projected upon the inner side thereof and adapted'for reception within recesses upon the VIouter surface of the doors, spacing platescarried upon the inner side of each of the doors, a bolt member passed through one of the doors and cross member, a companion cross member pivotally mounted upon the bolt and having connection at its ends with the spacing plates, a wear plate carried upon the inner side of 4the companion cross member, a U-shaped yoke slidablyv mountedv upon the bolt and adapted for traveling movement thereon whenv threading a nut carried therebyiupon said bolt, a-latch yoke having pivotal connection with-the U-shaped yoke, cam portions projected from the ends of the latch yoke and adapted to engage the wear plate at dead center to draw the bolt through the companion cross member, an operating lever carried Y by the latch yoke, and an offset portion car- Jos'EPHYUNEK.

' ried upon the operating lever adapted to en- 

